Charles schlag



(No Model.)

0. SOHLAG.

CLASP FOR CHAINS.

Patented Feb. 2

l/VVE/VTOR I WITNESSES A Home y UNITED STATES CHARLES SCHLAG, OF NEWVYORK, N. Y.

CLASP FOR CHAINS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No;335,247, dated February2, 1886,

Application filed March 10, 1885. Serial No. 159,116. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, CHARLES SCHLAG, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented anew and useful Clasp for Chains, of which the following is aspecification.

The device relates more especially to locketchains, but is alsoapplicable to many other kinds of chains used for other purposes thanthat of supporting lockets.

The nature of the invention consists of a bar of plain or ornamentaldesign, having at its back a loopbar secured thereto, so as to form apart thereof, and bent or so shaped as to fit the inside of a ring uponthe chain, so that when the two are together the clasp-bar will setclose to the ring, the back bar fitting within the ring, and this backbar is divided, either by a bentover portion of itself or additionalpiece, so that an eye is formed at one end, to which may be attached alink of the free end of the chain, so that the clasp-bar becomes a partof that end of the chain permanently, the other end of the chain beingattached to the ring before mentioned.

To connect and clasp the ends of the chain together it is only necessaryto pass the claspbar through the ring lengthwise and straighten it out,when it will fall back, its back or loop bar fitting within the ring, sothat it will not become readily disengaged of itself, the end of thechain attached thereto being inelosed within an eye formed at one side,serving to hold the claspbar back against the ring, so that it is firmlyheld in its place. To unclasp the same it is only necessary to reversethe operation of clasping.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows two ends of the chain, onehaving the ring, and the other the clasp-bar. A locketpiece is alsoshown. The devices are shown unelasped. Fig. 2 shows the same clasped,

and is a face view. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the clasp complete,and is a back view.

A represents the chain.

B represents the ring; C, the clasp-bar; D, the back bar, of bend andsize suflicient to fit closely within the ring, as shown in Fig. 3.

E represents a piece dividing the space within the back or loop bar andclasping-bar, so that an eye, F, is formed at one end of said space,confining the movements of the link of the chain within that part of theinclosure designated as the eye F, the strain of the chain thereonholding the back of the claspbar against the ring, and the loop-barwithin the ring, as shown in Fig. 3.

The clasp is adapted to many styles of chain, andforms a convenient andsecure method of attaching ends of chain together. It is not liable toget out of order, and will never unclasp of itsclfa matter to whichother kinds of clasps are liable.

At G is shown an eye,whieh, at one end of the clasp bar, forms a meanswhereby charms, &c., may be readily attached, when desired.

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent of theUnited States, is

1. In combination with a chain, A, provided with a ring, 13, at or nearone end of the same, the clasp-bar C, attached to the other end of chainA by a loop-bar, D, at its back, forming part of the clasp-bar C, andadapted to fit or sit into the ring B when the clasp-bar C has beenpassed through the ring 13, with its back resting against the outsidethereof, substantially as shown and described.

2. A clasp-bar for chains, having at its back a loop-bar, D, and an eye,F, formed substantially as shown and described.

CHAS. SCHLAG.

\Vitnesses:

J OHN T. DELEHANTY, R. H. RIELLE,

